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100			_aJoireman, S.F.
245			_aProperty rights and the role of the state: evidence from the horn of Africa
260			_cOct
300			_ap.1-28.
362			_a2001
520			_aThis study applies extant theories of property rights change to three land tenure systems in Imperial Ethiopia. Two of the areas underwent changes in property rights after experiencing changes in the value of land; one did not. A data set of litigation over land rights is used in conjunction with case studies to understand the mechanisms motivating or impeding property rights change. Amendments to the role of the state are suggested and two conclusions are reached: (1) that movement towards greater specificity of land rights did not always occur; and (2) the changes in property rights that occurred were imposed from above, rather than occurring endogenously. Where property rights changes did not occur, they appear to have been blocked by the state, which was more concerned with political survival than with revenue maximisation. - Reproduced.
650			_aRight to property
773			_aJournal of Development Studies
909			_a52601
999			_c52601 _d52601